Islamic Spain

E15017

Muslim-ruled territory historical region medieval polity

Islamic Spain was the medieval Muslim-ruled region of the Iberian Peninsula renowned for its flourishing arts, sciences, philosophy, and a rich cultural fusion of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish traditions.

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All labels observed (24)

Label	Occurrences
al-Andalus	17
Islamic Spain canonical	5
Islamic Iberia	4
Islamic al-Andalus	2
Al-Andalus	1
Al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia)	1
Al-Andalus culture	1
Al-Andalus period	1
Andalusian Jewish culture	1
Andalusian architecture	1
Andalusian period	1
Islam in Iberia	1
Islamic Spain (al-Andalus)	1
Islamic cultural heritage of Toledo	1
Islamic period in the Iberian Peninsula	1
Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula	1
Moorish Spain	1
Moorish period	1
Muslim population of al-Andalus	1
Muslim rule in Al-Andalus	1
Muslim states in Iberia	1
Muslim-ruled territories of al-Andalus	1
Muslims in Al-Andalus	1
establishment of Al-Andalus	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim-ruled territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Islamic Spain ⓘ surface form: al-Andalus
capital	Cordoba (historical) ⓘ surface form: Córdoba Granada ⓘ
coexistingLegalTradition	Halakha ⓘ surface form: Jewish law (halakha) canon law ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
endCause	Reconquista ⓘ surface form: fall of Granada
endTime	1492 ⓘ
fieldOfAchievement	agricultural science ⓘ astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ poetry ⓘ
heritage	development of vernacular Romance culture in Iberia ⓘ transmission of classical Greek learning to Western Europe ⓘ
inceptionEvent	Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
knownFor	advances in sciences ⓘ architecture ⓘ cultural fusion of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish traditions ⓘ flourishing arts ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious tolerance (relative for its time) ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ
legalSystem	Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ
locatedIn	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
majorCity	Cordoba (historical) ⓘ surface form: Córdoba Granada ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ surface form: Seville Toledo ⓘ
majorDynasty	Almohad dynasty ⓘ Almoravid dynasty ⓘ Kingdom of Granada ⓘ surface form: Nasrid dynasty Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
notableBuilding	Alhambra ⓘ Seville Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Giralda of Seville Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ
notableInstitution	University of Córdoba (medieval scholarly center) ⓘ
partOf	medieval Islamic world ⓘ
politicalForm	caliphate ⓘ emirate ⓘ taifa kingdoms ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
startTime	711 ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Ages → includesCulture → Islamic Spain ⓘ

Sephardi Jews → historicalCenter → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Andalus

Spanish Colonial Revival → influencedBy → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andalusian architecture

The Alhambra → mainSubject → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moorish Spain

Islamic Spain → alsoKnownAs → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Reconquista → opposedBy → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim states in Iberia

Maimonides → birthPlace → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Andalusia → historicalName → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Ibn Arabi → citizenship → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Ibn Arabi → regionOfActivity → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Aljezur → hasHistoricalPeriod → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moorish period

Caliphate of Córdoba → locatedIn → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Maghribi script → geographicOrigin → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Zahiri school of law → geographicRegion → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Almohad dynasty → territory → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Kingdom of Murcia → historicalRegion → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Arabic literature → hasPeriod → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andalusian period

Moriscos → relatedTo → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

City of the Three Cultures → hasPart → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic cultural heritage of Toledo

Umayyad conquest of Hispania → followedBy → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: establishment of Al-Andalus

University of Córdoba (medieval scholarly center) → culturalContext → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Andalus culture

taifa kingdoms → locatedIn → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Almoravid dynasty → region → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula → overlapsWith → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula

Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula → overlapsWith → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim rule in Al-Andalus

Averroes → placeOfBirth → Islamic Spain ⓘ

Ibn Jubayr → regionOfOrigin → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i → birthPlace → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i → region → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Mosque of the Three Doors → founderOrigin → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Andalus

Malik ibn Anas → influenceScope → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Spain (al-Andalus)

Abd al-Rahman III → culture → Islamic Spain ⓘ

Hisham III → culturalSphere → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Iberia

Islamic West → hasPart → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Iberia

Muladíes → partOf → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim population of al-Andalus

Mozarabs → coexistedWith → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslims in Al-Andalus

Andalusian architecture → developedInPeriod → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Andalus period

Mértola → historicalPeriodOfImportance → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic period in the Iberian Peninsula

Estoria de España → coversPeriod → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic al-Andalus

Spain (part – Spanish March) → borderedBy → Islamic Spain ⓘ

subject surface form: Spanish March

this entity surface form: Muslim-ruled territories of al-Andalus

Taifa of Murcia → partOf → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Iberia

siege of Valencia (1238) → historicalRegion → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia)

Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi → culturalContext → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic al-Andalus

Taifa of Seville → partOf → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Iberia

Aljamiado → culturalContext → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islam in Iberia

Alcazaba of Almería → culture → Islamic Spain ⓘ

Ibn Bajjah → region → Islamic Spain ⓘ

Judah ibn Tibbon → influencedBy → Islamic Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andalusian Jewish culture